“I will be displaying my solo exhibition, Migrations, at King Manor Museum using two period rooms (bedroom, parlor and adjacent hallway). I will be using the themes of roses and weaving. These works will communicate visually and metaphorically within the existing historical narrative. Through the medium of visual contemporary art I will be communicating with the American Spirit of the 1700's across the centuries to the present time 2022, a similarly charged political climate where human freedoms -and who has them- are being challenged.

Roses, symbolic throughout time

widely used in the Victorian age, will speak volumes in the parlor room – of love and passion for human dignity, freedom, and the anti-slavery policies of Rufus King.

Works that are more explicitly created through techniques of weaving -metaphors of life and time -will be installed in the hallway and bedroom – the place where dreams can be birthed, and also laid to rest. On a cosmic scale, weaving can represent the fabric that unites and binds the visible, and the invisible - where ideas are born.”

-Rosa Valado

The exhibit can be seen during regular open hours until March 25, 2023. The museum is open to the public Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday by appointment from 11:00am-3:00pm, with open hours on Saturdays from 1:00pm -4:00pm.

We hope to see you soon!